iotools.rst

.. py:module:: pvlib.iotools

.. currentmodule:: pvlib

IO Tools

Functions for retrieving, reading, and writing data from a variety of sources and file formats relevant to solar energy modeling.

Public datasets

PVGIS

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_pvgis_tmy
   iotools.read_pvgis_tmy
   iotools.get_pvgis_hourly
   iotools.read_pvgis_hourly
   iotools.get_pvgis_horizon

CAMS

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_cams
   iotools.read_cams
   iotools.parse_cams

NSRDB

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_nsrdb_psm4_aggregated
   iotools.get_nsrdb_psm4_tmy
   iotools.get_nsrdb_psm4_conus
   iotools.get_nsrdb_psm4_full_disc
   iotools.read_nsrdb_psm4
   iotools.parse_nsrdb_psm4
   iotools.get_psm3
   iotools.read_psm3
   iotools.parse_psm3

BSRN

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_bsrn
   iotools.read_bsrn
   iotools.parse_bsrn

SOLRAD

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.read_solrad
   iotools.get_solrad

SURFRAD

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.read_surfrad

MIDC

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.read_midc
   iotools.read_midc_raw_data_from_nrel

SRML

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.read_srml
   iotools.get_srml

ACIS

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_acis_prism
   iotools.get_acis_nrcc
   iotools.get_acis_mpe
   iotools.get_acis_station_data
   iotools.get_acis_available_stations

CRN

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.read_crn

Commercial datasets

SolarAnywhere

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_solaranywhere
   iotools.read_solaranywhere

Solcast

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_solcast_tmy
   iotools.get_solcast_historic
   iotools.get_solcast_forecast
   iotools.get_solcast_live

Solargis

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.get_solargis

Generic data file readers

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   iotools.read_tmy2
   iotools.read_tmy3
   iotools.read_epw
   iotools.parse_epw
   iotools.read_panond

A :py:class:`~pvlib.location.Location` object may be created from metadata in some files.

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: generated/

   location.Location.from_tmy
   location.Location.from_epw